CVE-2016-7382 Privilege escalation in Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)
A missing permissions check in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory and escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7382?
CVE-2016-7382 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 8 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-275
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7382?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7382?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2016-7382 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7382 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7382, GHSA-mv66-58mr-wjh5, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7382.